The Brain Has a 'Low-Power Mode' That Blunts Our Senses

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Recorded12 Oct 2022

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Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Unanswered Questions” by Kevin MacLeod.

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